Do you believe tht eating together makes the family happier?
By pehpot
@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
September 9, 2008 2:54am CST
My family loves to eat, in fact we eta more 3 times a day. at breakfast we sit at the table and finish eating just in time to prepare lunch. We talk a lot while eating. We share experiences, our story and catching ups while eating. My mom is a best cook and we enjoy it all the time. We eat with our hands and it was fun.
Last night while watching the TV I saw this add, there was this child who eats alone and she was talking about her day. Her achievements and all. she also talk about meeting with a stranger and that tomorrow the stranger will be back to get her. Then the narrator says, if there is no one that would listen to the girl, she might just tell her life to someone else and the ad says that eating together lessens the case of rebellious teenagers, drug addicts etc.Now do you really believe that a family that eats together stay closer together?I do, because as to my experience it is the only where we bond more, where we communicate, where we sit all, see each others face, talk about our life, our trials our experiences. There was a time that we are crying while we are eating, but those moments were the one that made us stronger.
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99 responses
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
Yes that is true, we usually are able to communicate more freely when we are together eating. It is much more comfortable and the exchanging of ideas is so much fun during eating time. I guess I do believe in you saying "the a family that eats together stays together".
@sandhyababu (46)
• India
9 Sep 08
ya...i too agree.i like to have food..even a cup of tea together with all in my family....then we can talk from silly things to da presidential elections. actually there is no need to have anythng to talk..just being together is a great feeling....it will make strong the bond of love....relation...its great being together.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
18 Sep 08
Nowadays,many people are so busy that thay can not spend enough time to stay with their family. What a pity!
To me i think have meals with family members is a great way to solve the problem.
one reason is that the atomsphere for a meal is always peaceful, few people like having a fight at the time of meal. So during the meal time, people can share and accept different ideas than common time. And we can talk about things happen to everyone easily.
And during the meal time, people are always with attention. Till now I have never found any people lose their attention while they enjoy their meals. Maybe it is the very reason for people here like to do deals during the meal, and make out important decisions.
@aero89 (422)
• United States
10 Sep 08
I think eating together is beneficial, indeed! Some people might eat at the table, some in the family room in front of the TV, some on the porch and so on; and whether or not a whole lot is said, a whole lot is gained.
It's kinda like taking a quick nap, and 20 minutes will do - it's not all you need for the day, but it's enough to re-energize and simply be human with your family.
Just the togetherness alone is nice enough, but when you can kind of talk about the small things and get to know each other as everyone grows (in age or experience), then you can really appreciate the uniqueness of your family, no matter how much like every other family you actually are. Naturally, the more time spent with a person or people, the tighter the bonds become.
So, go have some eats with that fingerprint that you call your family!
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@airukongqi (17)
• China
9 Sep 08
I have been out for about 2 years.it is a difficult thing to eat with families.even i was in,my families were out to work.a dinner with my families becomes a communicate once a day.but this is the only way we change our minds.
@premacharles (126)
• India
10 Sep 08
Yes..Its a great thing to do..since we feel more happy when eating with our closed ones and by sharing the time with them. It makes our more committed towards or personal relationships and to grow as a family.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
9 Sep 08
I think that it is very important for families to try to eat at least dinner together. In the perfect setting there would be no TV on and just the family sitting, eating and talking about their day etc. Too many people these days eat at different times or eat in front of the TV rather than together at the table and I do think that this affects communication between families over time.
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@sureshailawadi (43)
• India
10 Sep 08
Yes it is true. Eating together gets the family closer and you can easily share your thoughts, worries, etc. When everyone is relaxed and together, you are likely to get better ideas and solutions to your problems.
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@sharra1 (6340)
• Australia
10 Sep 08
You could be right. Our family always ate together. We are not close but meals were always a time when everyone sat down and talked about their day and bonded I suppose.
The only time that changed was when I had to work overtime and then they would save my dinner for me and I would have it when I got home. Sad really that work could disrupt meal times like that but the overtime was compulsory and nothing I could do about it.
When I did eventually get to eat my dinner I was still able to chat to my family so it was not too bad. I am close to my brothers, even though I do not see them very often now. I live a long way away now but I try and stay in contact.
@dong1970 (1572)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
A typical Pilipino family, usually are eating together.In my family it is our habit that Dinner should be the time for eating together.In the morning our kids are in school and i am busy with my work the whole day and we make sure that dinner time is for all us.Yes you are right,eating together makes you closer.It is also the time that we can talk for our daily activities.We just don't eat.eating dinner together also serves our bonding time.
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@pinkytabor (818)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
If the family is already happy, yes eating together would make them happier. It is a time for bonding. But if the members don't feel so good about each other, eating together becomes a venue for disputes, and bringing up old hurts. The taste of food or a serving of rice could become simple triggers of disagreements.
But in my family, we do enjoy eating together. It doesn't only makes us happier, and closer but it also kind of increases our appetite and makes us gain more weight after a meal.
@chinniR (661)
• India
9 Sep 08
hi pehpot. i do believe in this. in my family it's just three of us, my dad, mom and me. since my dad goes to the office we have our dinner together. it is at that time that we get to talk a lot about the happenings and many other things. during the holidays all our family members meet in grandparents house and we all sit together as a circle and have a nice time. everyone shares about their lives and how it was these days. there was happiness always. happy mylotting. have a nice day!
@nlcapricorn (1114)
• Philippines
10 Sep 08
Yes i do believe that a lot. My family always eat together breakfast lunch up to dinner. We do ate with our hands sometimes and its really fun talking a lot of things. Its really good and we always believe that familys stays together will always be together.
@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
11 Nov 08
Yes, I do believe that eating together will help bonding the relationship among the family members. My family has the culture of eating together too, we like to talk and share when we are having our meals. It's really a happy moment. I'll do the same with my kids next time too. 
@msedge (4011)
• United States
26 Sep 08
Yes, i believe on that.We always eat together specially dinnertime.We talk while eating.We really have a great time and we keep chasing our dog.I could say we are really a happy family.
@dasineni (39)
• India
10 Sep 08
yes that's 100% true, because it makes possible to dicuss about lot of things to share, and create a good environment to share the personal feelings also, one thing to say is the happiness in that is not able to explain in words, every one must face it to enjoy that happy feeling!!!
@red_amethyst (3518)
• Philippines
28 Sep 08
eating together will make the family happier and stronger and more bonded. that's the time we talk to each other, tell stories about our day. but at home, we just eat together at breakfast and at dinner since the whole day, me and my husband is at work. but at night we see to it that we teach our child to make stories, by telling him our stories, or our experiences that day.
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